New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-05

| A-By advice of counsel we decline to answer
that embarrassing question.
| O.-What Is the present postofice address OF
the MugwumpsP
A.-Up tree, among the top branches.
"The Chicago Times" expresses the. opinion
that If she lives Mrs. Cleveland will undoubt-
edly pass five more birthdays" at the White
House. Yes. it would be graceful act and
one well calculated to promote harmony Tor the
wife of the Republican who is to be elected next
wear TO invite Mrs. Cleveland % spend her
birthdays ct the Executive Mansion. Such hos
bitalities do much TO soften the asperities OF
political life and render this earth more like
heaven The country owes "1he Times"
debt OF gratitude for its suggestion.
There Is TO be most interesting historical
anniversary in Philadelphia next month In the
commemoration OF the adoption oil the constltu-
ton. Thrty-thrcc State Governments have &C
cepted invitations TO send delegations, includng
all the original thirteen States except one Inc
exception is New-Yorls, whose Governor has not
yet deigned to make known his intentions.
New-Yorx had a prominent part in the adoption
OF the constitution, and the first President &C
ceptinp office under it was inaugurated In its
chief city. 1t certainly will be proper for the
State 20 be officially represented at the centen-
NAL celebration. Possibly Governor Hill shrlnks
from appearing on the same platform with the
President, who has signifed his intention to be
present He should overcome his feeling OF
jealousy or squeamishness or whatever IL may
be, and promptly announce his readiness 10
attend and 10 have the State well represented. 1t
is really too bad TO have New-York the last OF
the old thirteen States to respond to the summons
Ofg
torical Importance.
Mayor Whitney expresses the opinion that the
Brooklyn Park Commissioners are "a great SET
OF boysn II he had said "a great set OF Mn
comroopsn he would have hit the mark more
squareiy.
,,,o President has been a refermer in words chiefly.
Tho very general partisan reconstruction Oh d dne
Civil Service has wnuS again seize the offices
upon change In Administrator. IL sio "a te mare
es had been t earlier regrets %,sn il possible that they
would have less ground now for DISAPPOINTMENT
CNew-York World
The Mugwump phrascmakers prefer WORDS 10
facts every day in the week. The President gave
them once in a while nice flowing sentence, as
fuIl. round and symmetrical as CIPHER and
amounting TO as much. This satisfied thcm
They went into ecstaces over the phrases and
nersistently ignored the fact that the President
was turning the Republican oflce-holders out OF
office and putting Democrats In their places
nreciscly as the most hide bound Democratic
President would have done.
Mr.. Eugene Higgns's sides must just acne
with laughing by this time
We feel that VIC must call the attention OF
Governor Hill to the conduct OF IdeutenantrGoV-
ernor Jones What has Jones been doing Duu
nresentinp each one Of his worlkmen with
brand-new and exceedingly becoming hat There
may be no politics in these hats, nor an attemp'
to get delegates away from Hill. But the Governor
will know. and IL he suspects Jones he can be
depcnded upon to present all the clerks In the
Executive Department with ulsters and things'
Prime Minister Salisbury is inclined to pooh
poob the notion that American enterprise has OBJ
tanned n foothoh in China Why shouldn't he
expend his ridicule upon America and It's COM
mercial pollcyp When he knows that our Navy
is composed OF washtubs and our merchant
marine wasted away, and that the policy OF
the Democracy is aggressively against commercial
development, why shouldn't he laugh at usr
When he sees the enterprise Of England. Germany
and France invading our own natural market ana
taking from under our very all tho valuable
could he restrain his mirth at the suggestion
that so slow and blind country had secured q
commercial monopoly in the Celestial Empire.
Lord Salisbury is well aware that before such
progress is possible the Government must at least
treat its mail carriers decently and open up o
regular, frequent and rapid channel OF commune
cation between the Orient and the Pacific COAST.
Till that is done English statesmen can we'll
afford to smile derisively whenever American
enterprise Is mentioned.
The example OF General Boulanger may have |
the vicious effect Of reviving the waning popu- /
larity Of duelling in the French army. Napoleon !
is credited with saying that duelling was good |
thing since 1t multiplied the chances of promo |
ton and kept the officers In buoyant spirits. !
The present idol Of the army, who when he was
War Minister did much to restore q feeling OF
esprit du corps among the officers as well as to
make the private soldiers moro comfortable by |
giving them better beds and meals and moro
leisure, may take the same cynical view OF
duelling He may also be influenced by tho |
of the practice In the German army. |
Duellng In the French army, however, will have |
to be more democratic In Its code than 1t Is ut |
Berlin A German officer is forbidden to cross |
swords or exchange pistol shots with tradesman. |
Under the Republic with its traditions Of equality
and fraternity no restrictions Of this sort can |
be put upon the fine old aristocratic recreation of
trying to kill o man and brother
"Puclk7 has an unusually attractive cartoon
this week 1t clearly shows who Is the !
champion OF the veterans of 1865. We would /
suggest, however, as IN Improvement TINT instead